But now we have a brand new update on the Rick and Morty Season 3’s progress that doesn’t rely on Harmon’s rapping. Mark Van Ee, production supervisor at Rick and Morty’s Canadian animation studio, Bardel Entertainment, says that everything is on track, if a bit behind:

But if you’re hoping this a gearing up to a surprise premiere in the near future, don’t count on it. Van Ee’s tweet right after solicits new animators to help with the season.

No, it’s not anything specific and doesn’t fundamentally change the undying truth of Mr. Poopy Butthole’s prediction, but it should at least assure those who have been likening Rick and Morty Season 3 to other vaporware projects like Half-Life 3. This is not a matter of a writing team spinning its wheels. That’s all done. Now it’s all about the animation. They’re drawing it.